The Show: Vince Staples

The Def Jam signee's hottest stage performances.

The Show: Vince Staples - Vince Staples made a lot of headway this year, and the way he handles a stage has a lot to do with it. He rocked crowds throughout the country as a featured act on ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron tour, including a standout performance at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, where he and Earl Sweatshirt showed out for their home state and performed their hit single, "Hive."If you missed it, don't fret. The Def Jam signee will bring his buzz-worthy show to the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards. Meanwhile, read on for more of his best live performances. (Photo: Travis P Ball/Getty Images for SXSW)

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The Show: Vince Staples - Vince Staples made a lot of headway this year, and the way he handles a stage has a lot to do with it. He rocked crowds throughout the country as a featured act on ScHoolboy Q's Oxymoron tour, including a standout performance at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, where he and Earl Sweatshirt showed out for their home state and performed their hit single, "Hive."If you missed it, don't fret. The Def Jam signee will bring his buzz-worthy show to the 2014 BET Hip Hop Awards. Meanwhile, read on for more of his best live performances. (Photo: Travis P Ball/Getty Images for SXSW)

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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - Vince Staples shined at Coachella in 2013, gettin' busy alongside his Odd Future homies and showing the emergence of Long Beach's next star.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

Common featuring Vince Staples - Common, featuring Vince Staples, delivers "Kingdom," which tells the story of a hustler trying to survive Chicago streets. It's nominated in the Impact Track category.(Photos from Left: Tan Cressida/Columbia Records, Joe Kohen/Getty Images for the New Yorker)

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Common co-signed the Cali emcee early and put him in the national spotlight with several guest appearances on his 10th album, Nobody's Smiling. Common even brought Vince with him to Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the album's lead single, "Kingdom," in July. Vince proved to the world that he's got next.(Photos from Left: Tan Cressida/Columbia Records, Joe Kohen/Getty Images for the New Yorker)

The 3rd Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival - Young Vince held his own when he displayed his mic skills this summer at Odd Future's 3rd Annual Carnival concert. Running through his hits from Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2 at the Park at the L.A. Coliseum, Staples showed he could deliver and stand next to other headliners, which included Rick Ross, Pharrell, Mac Miller and Tyler the Creator.(Photo: Def Jam Recordings)

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The 3rd Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival - Young Vince held his own when he displayed his mic skills this summer at Odd Future's 3rd Annual Carnival concert. Running through his hits from Shyne Coldchain Vol. 2 at the Park at the L.A. Coliseum, Staples showed he could deliver and stand next to other headliners, which included Rick Ross, Pharrell, Mac Miller and Tyler the Creator.(Photo: Def Jam Recordings)

Space Migration Tour - Mac Miller was another MC who saw how dope Vince Staples was early on and was so impressed that he produced the Long Beach rapper's 2013 mixtape, Stolen Youth. Vince also rocked the crowds nightly when he headed out on the Pittsburgh MCs' 38-city Space Migration Tour and ignited the stages along with Meek Mill and Chance the Rapper.(Photo: Vince Staple via Instagram)

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Space Migration Tour - Mac Miller was another MC who saw how dope Vince Staples was early on and was so impressed that he produced the Long Beach rapper's 2013 mixtape, Stolen Youth. Vince also rocked the crowds nightly when he headed out on the Pittsburgh MCs' 38-city Space Migration Tour and ignited the stages along with Meek Mill and Chance the Rapper.(Photo: Vince Staple via Instagram)